2009 State of the Internet (Q3)

Akamai Technologies announced today the release of its 3rd Quarter, 2009 State of the Internet report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Leveraging published reports and information gathered from its network, the Akamai report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network outages, and broadband connectivity levels across the globe.

Important observations (mentioning Romania too):

• Attack traffic originates from 207 unique countries around the world. Here’s the top 10:

• On a global basis, the average connection speed increased by approximately 18%, and more than 100 countries had average connection speeds under 1 Mbps. Romania ranks 4th in the top fastest countries!

• Overall, 35 countries around the world saw increased quarterly levels of high broadband connectivity, and 49 countries saw yearly growth. In contrast, 41 countries saw quarterly declines, while 27 countries saw levels of high broadband connectivity decline year-over-year.

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